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UK GDP

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    UK economy unexpectedly failed to grow in third quarter

    Figures are a further blow to government facing criticism from businesses after Budget

    Silhouettes of people walking with umbrellas in the foreground against the backdrop of the City of London skyline
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    UK economy unexpectedly shrinks by 0.1%

    October contraction marks second consecutive fall and deals blow to Labour government’s economic agenda

    Chart showing UK GDP since October 2023
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    UK economy stalls in third quarter

    GDP shrinks in September, highlighting challenges for Labour’s growth promises

  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    Markets
    Is US inflation on the rise?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A view of the Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    Global Economy
    How demographics can distort economic narratives

    Japan and Italy aren’t quite as stagnant as you think

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    UK government spending
    Reeves confirms change to UK fiscal rules to help fund £20bn of annual investment

    Chancellor promises in FT to avoid ‘falls in public sector investment’ planned by Tories

    Rachel Reeves in Washington
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    UK economy grew 0.2% in August

    Figure comes as chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares Labour government’s first Budget this month

    A person holding a shopping bag decorated with the Union flag stands on a busy street in Piccadilly, London. Other pedestrians are visible, some carrying shopping bags from different stores
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    UK public finances
    UK economic gloom intensifies as borrowing overshoots

    Public debt hits 100% of GDP in August as chancellor prepares for first Budget

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  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    UK economy stagnated for second consecutive month in July

    Figures are a blow to chancellor Rachel Reeves who has put growth at heart of government’s agenda

    Cranes operate at a construction site in east London
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    UK economy expands 0.6% in second quarter

    Marginal slowdown compared with previous three months in line with analysts’ forecasts

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    UK economy grows at double forecast pace

    GDP increase of 0.4% in May, official data shows, as sterling rises to highest level in almost a year

  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    UK economy grew faster than initially estimated in first quarter

    Upward revision to 0.7% was driven by stronger household spending

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  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK economy
    Economic strengths and weaknesses facing next UK government — in charts

    Britain enjoys strong services exports and a solid education system but low productivity growth and stagnant living standards

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    UK economy
    UK economy stalls in blow to Sunak

    Flat GDP growth in April marks slowdown from 0.4% expansion in March

    Workers on a residential construction site in Tongham, UK
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Fastest growth in two years lifts UK out of recession

    First-quarter GDP increase of 0.6% beats expectations in boost for Sunak

    Rishi Sunak
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    UK economy
    UK set to lag behind peers on growth and suffer ‘sticky’ inflation, says OECD

    Forecaster delivers downbeat outlook ahead of local elections in England

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  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    UK growth forecast downgraded by IMF

    GDP expected to increase by just 0.5% this year, the second-slowest rate in G7 after Germany

    Shoppers queue at a fruit and vegetable stall in London
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    UK economy grew by 0.1% in February

    FTSE 100 on track for record high after figures raise hopes of exit from technical recession

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  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    Official data confirms UK economy slipped into recession last year

    Figures offer little cheer to Rishi Sunak as his Conservative party trails heavily in opinion polls

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  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    UK economy
    UK economy returns to growth in January

    Expansion in services sector helped deliver 0.2% rise in GDP, in line with forecasts

    An employee works on a production line at a factory in Blyth, UK
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    UK economy
    UK economy slipped into recession in 2023

    GDP fell 0.3% in final quarter of last year, dealing blow to Rishi Sunak’s election campaign

    An employee welds the joint on a steel pipe at the SAW Pipe Mills
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    News in-depthUK politics
    UK’s ‘technical’ recession is politically toxic for Rishi Sunak

    Prime minister grapples with the ‘R’ word after GDP declines for the second straight quarter

    Rishi Sunak and Rachel Reeves
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    UK may have slipped into recession in late 2023, think-tank estimates

    Niesr research highlights fragile nature of economy heading into general election

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  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    UK economy rebounds in November

    Gross domestic product up 0.3%, says ONS, driven by growth in services sector

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  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    UK economy shrinks in third quarter as recession fears mount

    Downward revision to gross domestic product by ONS highlights struggle to shake off low-growth performance

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